bondage
/ˈbɒndɪdʒ/noun
mass noun
1
- the state of being a slave奴役; 束缚:
the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt's bondage
犹太人摆脱了埃及的奴役
figurative〈喻〉young women lost to the bondage of early motherhood.
过早为人母的年轻女子。
2
- sexual practice that involves the tying up or restraining of one partner施虐性行为。
词源
Middle English: from Anglo-Latin bondagium, from Middle English bond 'serf' (earlier 'peasant, householder'), from Old Norse bóndi 'tiller of the soil', based on búa 'dwell'; influenced in sense by bond1 .